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Leners Patent No. 79,145, dated' .me 186s.

IMPnovnn scHooL-SEAT ,AND DESK.-

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To ALL wn'oM 1r MAY CONCERN;

VBe it known that I, A. E. ROBERTS, of Des Moines, in tliegcountyfofrPolk, 'and ,in the-*Stute of Iowal,`have` l invented certain new end useful'lmprovementsin Combined Seats end Folding Desks; and'do hereby declare,` that the following is :t full, clear, and exact description,thereof,ireference being hadto the accompanying drew ings, -nd tortheiletters of reference marked thereon.

In lthe annexed drawings, forming part of this specificationv VFi'gure'lis e side view, with'the deslkin' position for use. I

Figure 2, a, side sectional view, with the desk folded. vFigure 3, aside view of the desk alone; and Figure4'a plamview'. v ylhe nature of'my'inve'ntion consists in' a. sect and deskcombined, sonrrnged that the lidwhieh serves for the topfof the desk, can be folded forward from the siiolar, `so us t''nmkelampleV roomfor the pupil toV pss tonnd frobetween the desk and the'seztt; also, in providing the seat with e' box on top for books, and Vthe desk-lid with :Lehrte-surface on top, and ai portfolio underneath.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will-*proceed to describe its construe-. tionfand operation.

Inthe annexed drawings, P represents a. frame, of cnstiron, with legs, whiehA are fastened to the.floor, und which frameser'ves :is a support for the sent-A, and for theV desk-lid E. A represents the sntfor twoscholars, with n box, B standing upright in its centre, between them', vfor books. AC is the back of the seat, which extends up as high as the top of' the freine P. On top ofthe `frame PA sind the `back C of vthe seat runs strip ofwood, l), provided with hole a,for inkstnnd, and grooves 5 5,'for pencils, Ste., :is shown in igl. '.lhe desk-lid E,`4ni `ude of wood, is provided with a. slate-surface, Gr, on top,` and. with a. portfolio, F, underneath, for the use of thepupils; andritslid'es Vdown in. grooves H, on the inside ofther frame, when it is not in use. Behind these. grooves-H, on the frame P, are pivots K, .which run into grooves on the' slats I, which are fastenedlon thel desk-InHandserve to support'the lid steadily when ,folding hack, and also when before the pupil, ready for use. The slats lere provided with notches r, which, in` connection with a. Henge, u, ontho `inside of the iframe P,

and -ju'stundernentlx.the strip D, serve to make n. close joint hetween'the strip end the lid when itis ready for use.'v The lid then rests onthe top merked M of the frame I.

When the desk is in the position shown in fig` 1, andit is'desiredto'fold it, raise the lid E, when the pivots K, running in the grooves on the sluts I, will guide it into the grooves II-in ,the sidesof the frame P; Vamd in" like manner when -it is desired -to open the desk for use, raise the lid-E out' of the ygrooves H; the pivots K will guide it so tiret the'iicnges n will fit .into the'. notches r en the sint I, and the lid will maken close joint l with thestrip D'resting-onit'he top, M, of the frame P. A

Having thus fully described my invention, what If claim ns new, and desire to sec`u're byLetters Patent, is-

The-arrangement of thc slate-surfaced folding lid lllfwithits notched and grooved sluts I, in. combination' with tlie grooved frame P, lzinges-n, stationury sea,t.,'e.iid` book-holding partition B, the-several partsbeing constructed and used substuntiallyus and forV the purposes set forth.,

Intestimony thnt Ilclailn-the foregoing, Ihave hereunto'set myhnnd, this 30tl1dey of April,'1868.

A.l E. Rennens.' 

